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Homewood Science Center

About

Homewood Science Center at 18022 Dixie Highway is a small nonprofit science museum founded in 2016 to bring hands-on STEM learning to the Southland and Northwest Indiana. Exhibits include the Imagination Playground, a STEAM Studio and a Little Learners area for the youngest kids, and the calendar runs STEM Saturdays, Family Fridays, summer camps, an HF Robotics program, conservation ecology sessions and even Dungeons & Dragons. School groups from PreK through eighth grade book curriculum-aligned field trips. The center’s annual Walk Walton fundraiser is a nature fest at Homewood’s Izaak Walton Preserve, set for October 18, 2026.

What to know

  • The center is a nonprofit founded in 2016.
  • Exhibits include Imagination Playground, STEAM Studio and Little Learners.
  • Programs include STEM Saturdays, Family Fridays, summer camps and HF Robotics.
  • Field trips serve PreK through eighth grade groups.
  • Free parking is on site, and the address is 18022 Dixie Highway.

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